According to the most recent update of the big bookmakers, Cyprus will win the Eurovision Song Contest and claim the title for the first time in history. Eleni Foureira and her song ‘Fuego’ have surpassed Israel’s song ‘Toy’ by Netta Barzilai, who was in the lead throughout the entire Eurovision season.

Around this time last year, Italy also lost their big leap and Portugal and Bulgaria started to present themselves as potential Eurovision winners. And as we all know, Salvador Sobral actually took the title, instead of long-time favourite Francesco Gabbani from Italy.

No matter how good Rybak’s rehearsal is, or no matter how much praise Estonia and France get. Israel is still top favorite in all the betting markets. Brandon McCann asks the question on everyone’s mind right now: What can still stop Netta from winning Eurovision [read more…]

Some small countries are sceptical about their chances to ever win the Eurovision Song Contest. The Czech Republic used to be one of those countries. But those days are gone, especially now that they come up with an entry that is doing well in the [read more…]